What do Copernicus and a Britney Spears look-a-like have in common?
Despite centuries separating the two, both have inspired greatness in Poland.Here we look at some of Poland’s most famous nationals — from years gone by to the present day. Many have influenced a world far beyond their country’s boundary. CNN Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, physician, classical scholar, translator, Catholic cleric, jurist, governor, military leader, diplomat and economist. He is primarily known, however, for his theory that earth is not the center of the universe. His book, “De revolutionibus orbium coelestium” (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining moment that began the Scientific Revolution. Copernicus was born in 1473 in Thorn. Thorn was a city in Prussia, an autonomous region in the old Kingdom of Poland. Frederick Chopin (Fryderyk Chopin) (1810-1849) Born in the village of Zelazowa Wola in Warsaw, to a Polish mother and French father, h
